Jamaat to join presidential race, eyes ‘befitting, acceptable’ candidate

NCP yet to decide 7 MIN(s) ago Mamunur Rashid Shamima Rita Photo: Collected Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has decided to take part in the presidential election scheduled for August 20, with its candidate to be finalised through the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance.The announcement was made through a press release shortly after a meeting of Jamaat’s central executive council led by Jamaat chief and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman at the party’s central office in Dhaka on Saturday evening.The decision to participate in the election was taken unanimously, said the press release.Jamaat said the top leaders of the 11-party alliance are set to meet Sunday to finalise the candidate.Speaking to The Daily Star after yesterday’s executive council meeting, Saiful Alam Khan Milon, a member of Jamaat’s cent